# David Whitaker

David Whitaker is a Democratic member of the Arkansas House for district 22.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Arkansas House, district 22
- Serving since: 2013-01-14
- Current term: AR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7c229d62-dd8f-491c-8aab-15118335cfe9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7c229d62-dd8f-491c-8aab-15118335cfe9 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Whitaker sits at −0.26 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 94% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.26 (standard error 0.01), from 201 donors and 881 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (AR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 26.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 2004: TO CREATE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING RAILROAD TRAIN DEFECT DETECTORS AND TRENDING DEFECT DETECTOR TECHNOLOGY. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB2004/
- HB 1064: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING ABSENTEE VOTING; AND TO ALLOW PERSONS OVER SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT. (in committee, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2025/HB1064/
- HR 1002: TO RECOGNIZE THE FARMINGTON HIGH SCHOOL LADY CARDINALS AS THE 2024 CLASS 4A GIRLS SOFTBALL STATE CHAMPIONS. (in committee, 2024-06-19) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2024S2/HR1002/
- HB 1768: TO CREATE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING RAILROAD TRAIN DEFECT DETECTORS. (in committee, 2023-04-07) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2023/HB1768/
- HB 1968: TO AMEND THE FOUR (4) CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF ARKANSAS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS DATA; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. (in committee, 2021-10-15) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2021/HB1968/
- HB 1961: TO AMEND ARKANSAS LAW CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. (in committee, 2021-09-30) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2021/HB1961/
- HB 1790: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE STATE FLAG OF ARKANSAS; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE DESIGN OF THE STATE FLAG OF ARKANSAS; AND TO RESTORE THE FLAG TO THE… (in committee, 2021-04-26) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2021/HB1790/
- HB 1748: TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON SUNDAY; AND TO ALLOW THE GOVERNING BODY OF A CITY OR COUNTY TO CALL A REFERENDUM ELECTION FOR… (passed one chamber, 2021-10-15) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2021/HB1748/
- HMR 1001: TO REMEMBER REPRESENTATIVE CHARLIE STEWART AND TO HONOR HIS COMMITMENT TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY. (in committee, 2021-03-18) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2021/HMR1001/
- HB 1829: TO AUTHORIZE AND ENCOURAGE THE ARKANSAS STATE GAME AND FISH COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH AN ANATOMICAL GIFT OPTION FOR ARKANSAS RESIDENTS OBTAINING A HUNTING OR… (became law, 2019-04-08) https://openstates.org/ar/bills/2019/HB1829/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.arkansashouse.org/district/22
- Campaign site: https://www.davidforar.com/
- X: https://x.com/Whitakerfor85
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/David.Whitaker.for.85/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rep.whitaker22/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-whitaker-73560732/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7c229d62-dd8f-491c-8aab-15118335cfe9